Abstract

The impacts of a changing climate are affecting NASA's properties and operations. In response, NASA is implementing policy addressing climate change adaptation: Apply NASA's scientific expertise and products to incorporate climate information into its decision making and planning; create innovative, sustainable, and flexible solutions; and share best practices, in order to create climate-resilient NASA Centers.

Executive Order (EO) 13514, "Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic Performance," was signed by President Obama on October 5, 2009. EO 13514 required that federal agencies develop Climate Adaptation Plans to evaluate their climate change risks and vulnerabilities and to manage the effects of climate change on each agency's operations and mission in both the short and long term.

Building on these efforts, the President signed EO 13653 on November 1, 2013, "Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change." EO 13652 requires each agency to develop, implement, and update comprehensive Agency Climate Adaptation Plans that integrate consideration of climate change into agency operations and overall mission objectives. Complying with these Executive Orders for an Agency Climate Adaptation Plan, NASA developed its "Climate Risk Management Plan."